https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/27/arts/design/david-m-childs-dead.html
He was the chief architect of 1 World Trade Center, which soared in the wake of 9/11. As chairman of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, he left a mark on New York.
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He was the chief architect of 1 World Trade Center, which soared in the wake of 9/11. As chairman of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, he left a mark on New York.
September 27, 2025CONSTELLATIONS REVERSED.; New Grand Central Ceiling Has the Heavens Turned Around. – The New York Times
September 13, 2025Rosario Candela – Wikipedia
August 31, 2025https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosario_Candela
Now with a sorted list of buildings on UES
* Park Avenue (north → south)
- 1220 Park Avenue (≈ 94th St)
- 1192 Park Avenue (≈ 94th St)
- 1172 Park Avenue (≈ 93rd St)
- 1105 Park Avenue (≈ 89th St)
- 778 Park Avenue (at 73rd St)
- 775 Park Avenue (at 73rd St)
- 770 Park Avenue (at 73rd St)
- 740 Park Avenue (at 71st St)
- 720 Park Avenue (at 70th St)
Rosario Candela – Wikipedia
August 30, 2025https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosario_Candela
for instance, includes:
40 East 66 Street
40 West 67 Street
740 Park Avenue
995 Fifth Avenue
1040 Fifth Avenue
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Source: Becker + Becker
March 13, 2025https://www.beckerandbecker.com/work/hotel-marcel
Source: Becker + Becker
Hotel Marcel — Becker + Becker
Norman Foster’s Architectural Empire | The New Yorker
February 6, 2025For Her Scientist Husband, an Architect Creates a Boldly Contemporary Retreat
December 26, 2024A private study
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asked her to design a studio for him on their weekend property in upstate New York….studio, intended solely as his private refuge for reading, writing and thinking, she wanted the structure to be as open to its setting as possible. Located near a cliff above a large pond, it is surrounded by woodland and meadows.
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For Her Scientist Husband, an Architect Creates a Boldly Contemporary Retreat
Source: Architectural Digest
A Refuge in the Woods
The Marvels—And Mistakes—Of Supertall Skyscrapers – The Atlantic
January 1, 2023Great article. Thought the very intentional “wind shaping” was fascinating (e.g. the “blow through” floors at 432 Park). Maybe we’ll see fins next.
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This didn’t seem unrelated to a lawsuit that 432 Park’s condo board has filed against the building’s developer. The plaintiffs claim that the building is riddled with more than 1,500 defects that have led to leaks, cracks, electrical explosions, and elevator shutdowns that trapped people for hours—as well as “horrible and obtrusive noise and vibrations,” including clicks, creaks, and a trash chute that thunders “like a bomb.”
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diffusing the suction-filled whirlpools that sway a building as wind whips around its sides. You could notch the corners, like on Taipei 101, which resembles a towering stack of gifts. You could twist the building, like the Twizzler-esque Shanghai Tower. You could taper it to look like the tip of a paintbrush, like the Lakhta Center, or cut out sections to let wind blow through it, like the Shanghai World Financial Center, which is nicknamed “The Bottle Opener.” 432 Park’s designers decided to make it more porous: Every 12 stories, there are two “blow through” floors with cutouts for windows, but no glass. “}}
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2023/01/supertall-mega-skyscraper-building-nyc/672228
steinway tower
https://www.dropbox.com/s/soza3usm060fzya/steinway-tower-view.docx?dl=0
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